Rachel Wheeler

Music

Faculty Associate

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Rachel Wheeler has received an Associates of Science degree from Ricks College, a
Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from USU, and a Masters of Music Education
degree from BYU.

Rachel directed a full time orchestra program in the sixth through eighth grades at
Roosevelt Junior High for 16 years with 170+ students enrolled. Wheeler’s school orchestras
have performed in California at music festivals, in St. George at the Utah Educators
Conference, in Abravanel Hall at the National ASTA festival, and on temple square.
For the last eleven years, Wheeler has organized and directed a summer orchestra for
High school and Junior high school students in the Uintah Basin. She has maintained
a private teaching studio for the last twenty five years.

In 2008, the American String Teachers Association named Rachel the Secondary String
Teacher of the year, and in 2009 she was awarded “Superior Accomplishment” from the
Utah Music Educators Association. In May of 2009 she was given the Governors award
for “Leadership in the Arts” for the State of Utah. Wheeler was awarded the “Sorensen
Legacy Award for Excellence in Arts Education” in May 2015. Rachel has served as the
secretary for the Utah state ASTA chapter for the last seven years.